Auction 533 Part 1
Evening Sale, Modern, Post War & Contemporary
By VAN HAM Kunstauktionen GmbH Co. KG
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Wednesday, Jun 4, 16:00
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Evening Sale: Wednesday, 4 June 2025
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LOT 46:
Franz Gertsch: Silvia
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Start price:
€
96,000
Estimated price :
€120,000 - €180,000
Buyer's Premium: 35%
VAT: 19%
On commission only
Users from foreign countries may be exempted from tax payments, according to the relevant tax regulations
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Franz Gertsch: Silvia
GERTSCH, FRANZ
1930 Mörigen/Switzerland - 2022 Riggisberg/Switzerland
Title: Silvia.
Date: 2002.
Technique: Colour woodcut on Kumohadamashi-Japan by Ivano Heizaburo.
Depiction Size: 192 x 176,5cm.
Sheet Size: 245 x 217cm.
Notation: Signed, inscribed and numbered.
Number: 8/21.
Frame: Framed.
Each hand print of this woodcut is unique due to the colour selection.
Provenance:
- galerie im park, contemporary fine art, Burgdorf
- Collection of Prof. Dr. Thomas Olbricht, Essen
Literature:
- Firmenich, Andrea: Franz Gertsch - Holzschnitte, Aus der Natur Gerissen, Cologne 2013, cat. rais. no. 30
- Balanced, static composition that simultaneously conveys closeness and rapture
- Monumental woodcut in a unique strong red color with a unique character
- Highest printing art on valuable Kumohada Mashi Japanese paper
Estimated shipping costs for this lot:
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Explanations to the Catalogue
Franz Gertsch
Switzerland
Hyperrealism
Figurative Painting
Post-War Art
Prints
2000s
Framed
Portrait
Print
Woodcut
Woman
